In Homers masterpiece‚ The Odyssey‚ women are depicted in a certain way. They each display some part of three characteristics: Loyalty‚ wisdom‚ and beauty. Two women that represent these three qualities are Penelope and Athena. The Greeks value loyalty very high in women. You can tell throughout the book that its just fine for men to run off and be with whomever they please‚ but women must be loyal to their husbands. That is just the Greek culture. Right from the start‚ anyone can tell that Penelope
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day because of different challenges they have to face‚ and different lessons that they learn. This idea of maturing is seen all over the world in numerous places. One can find great examples of maturing in literature. In fact‚ in the book The Odyssey‚ by Homer‚ one can see prime examples of maturity through the footsteps of a character named Telemakhos. Telemakhos surely matures throughout the book just as I have matured throughout my life thus far. Telemakhos and I have matured in one similar way
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In the epic poem‚ “The Odyssey” a greek myth documented by Homer‚ Odysseus is a hero far from perfect who strives to return home. Odysseus deserves his reputation as a successful‚ courageous‚ and intelligent King of Ithaca. He deserves his reputation‚ because of his noble qualities defined by their society‚ along with his heroic actions. Countlessly faced with peril on their journey‚ Odysseus fights alongside his men fearlessly while maintaining the determination to return home. When his men eat
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Lopez English I HP‚ Period 6 Miss Grabowski January 27‚ 2011 Odysseus as Epic Hero The Odyssey‚ written by Homer‚ describes an epic hero to be a mortal male‚ someone who goes on along‚ dangerous expedition‚ also who is very brave‚ intelligent‚ and responsible. He will face many conflicts yet always manages to prevail. Odysseus possesses all these traits and demonstrates it throughout the entire Odyssey‚ such as when Odysseus and his men become trapped in a Cyclops’ cave and he needs to figure
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Soorpanaka tries to steal a woman’s spouse and sleep with him‚ Sita refuses to leave her husband’s side. These traits show the major differences between temptresses and ideal wives in The Odyssey and The Ramayana. Though temptresses have more force‚ faithful wives always end up with the better lifestyle. Both The Odyssey and Ramayana portray women as ideal wives and temptresses. Soorpanaka‚ the temptress in Ramayana had fallen in love with Rama. Referring to Soorpanaka‚ "In the course of her wanderings
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after death. Dante Alighieri and Homer‚ two authors each publishing epic novels explaining the outcome of death‚ the afterlife‚ and one’s potential punishment. Alighieri is the first individual of his time to evaluate people in a poem‚ The Inferno‚ and place them in Hell for their sins and illegal actions. The Greek poet‚ Homer‚ uses his story to teach the benefit of humility in The Odyssey. In the contrasting epics‚ The Inferno‚ and The Odyssey‚ authors‚ Dante and Homer‚ present the Underworld and Hell
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The Odyssey Epithet Chart for Major Characters/Gods and Goddesses As you read the Odyssey list all the epithets you find for the following characters. Cite Book and line number Character Epithet – Book and line # ____________________________________________________________ ____________ Odysseus: -“the man of twists and turns” (I.1) -“Great Odysseus” (I.228) -“King Odysseus” (I.456) -“godlike man” (II.261) -“Odysseus of Ithaca” (II.277) -“Worldly Odysseus” (V.237) -“Long-enduring
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use cheats and deceptions to weave through adversity? The Odyssey‚ an epic poem written by Homer around 700 B.C.‚ tells of a man named Odysseus conquering trials and tribulations with both disguises and deceptions. This man was definitely considered intelligent by those he encountered. Odysseus’ heroic trait is his mētis‚ or "cunning intelligence‚" and his name means ‘trouble’ in Greek (he certainly got into a lot of trouble). In The Odyssey‚ Homer’s Greek audience generally admired Odysseus’ clever
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Written about two thousand and seven hundred years earlier‚ the Odyssey is still influencing modern storytelling today. Odysseus‚ the legendary Greek king of Ithaca and protagonist of Homer’s epic poem the Odyssey was recognized as a great hero of his time. He was known for his defining qualities of superior strength and athleticism‚ sharp intellect‚ sensual ness‚ and a thirst for glory. These character traits are still being used to attribute modern day fictional heroes such as Neo‚ Captain Jack
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Professor Reagan C. Smith Humanities Greek/ Roman 3 June 2011 Homer and The Impact He Has Left Behind Homer can be said one of the greatest poets perhaps even literarily genius of all time. If you can get past the part that Homer may or not even be a person at all. There is no concrete knowledge of even his existence but scholars would say that it is safe to assume if he did existed it would be around 8-9 century BCE. Most likely he would be from the Island of Chios due to the writing style
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